Student Well-Being

The Student Well-Being database was developed in collaboration with the Center on Advancing Measurement and Assessment at the American Institutes for Research (AIR)^®, a nonpartisan, not-for profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research domestically and internationally and delivers technical assistance in education, health, and the workforce. AIR^® led a team to identify survey scales and assessments measuring various aspects of student well-being.

In this database, student well-being is conceptualized holistically to include student-centered factors, environmental variables, and the interplay between students and their environment.

Educator Practice & Professional Development

67 instruments

Measures of teaching behaviors and instructional strategies related to fostering student well-being.

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Family, Home, Community, or Neighborhood

11 instruments

Measures that characterize students' home life, the broader context of their lives, and the involvement of family in students' education and well-being.

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School / Classroom Climate and Belonging

109 instruments

Measures of the environment within the school and classroom, and students' responses to or interactions with that environment including students' sense of belonging, safety, and engagement with teachers and the school community.

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Student Academic Dispositions and Learning Strategies

94 instruments

Measures that assess students' orientation toward academic work, approaches to learning tasks, and academic motivation.

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Student Cultural Competence and Diversity

27 instruments

Measures that assess students' understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity, identity, and social justice.

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Student Social and Emotional Competencies

198 instruments

Measures of skills and dispositions that enable students to understand and manage emotions, establish positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.

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AIR's efforts were supported by advisement from a panel of experts in the conceptualization and measurement of student well-being. The advisory board played a critical role in refining the conceptual framework for student well-being, establishing criteria for instrument inclusion or exclusion, and organizing the instruments into meaningful categories.

This database offers a wide-ranging resource to support educators, researchers, and policymakers in fostering student well-being through careful attention to measurement and progress monitoring. Please see our accompanying resource on Psychometric Considerations for more information on evaluating evidence for the validity and reliability of a measure's results.

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Student Engagement Instrument (SEI)-Secondary School Students

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging, Student engagement

The Student Engagement Instrument (SEI) is a 35-item (secondary) instrument that measures various components of student engagement, including teacher-student relationships which may provide insights into students' sense of belonging at school. Note: The overview provided for this instrument…

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Culture of Excellence and Ethics Assessment (CEEA) for Youth

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging, School climate and culture

The CEEA equips schools and workplaces to make data-driven decisions to improve the culture and climate. The CEEA for schools is aligned with 21st Century Skills and distinguished from other school climate surveys by its unique focus on the cultural assets provided by school and family culture. …

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Class Conduct Questionnaire (CCQ)

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging, School climate and culture

The Class Conduct Questionnaire (CCQ) uses self-report to measure social skills among high school-aged youth. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from the instrument publisher's or author’s website (or other site providing information about…

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OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills - Teachers

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging

The Study on Social and Emotional Skills aims to assess the social and emotional skills of students at multiple international locations, and to examine the factors in students’ home, school and community environments that promote or hinder development of these skills. https://www.oecd.org/en/about…

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Sedlacek Noncognitive Questionnaire (NCQ)

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Higher education

The Sedlacek Noncognitive Questionnaire (NCQ) assesses eight aspects of experiential and contextual intelligence. It was designed to provide information that could be used by advisors to work with students developmentally. Subscore(s): There are eight subscores: Positive self-concept, Realistic…

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UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3)

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Higher education

UCLA Loneliness Scale-3 is an instrument measuring self-reported subjective feelings of loneliness and social isolation. Its 20 items use a Likert-type rating scale ranging from 1 (never) to 4 (always). Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from…

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Center for Research in Education Policy School Climate Inventory

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging, School climate and culture

The Comprehensive School Climate Inventory (CSCI) is a nationally-recognized school climate survey that provides an in-depth profile of your school community’s particular strengths, as well as areas for improvement. Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been…

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Quality of School Life Scale (QSL)

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging, School climate and culture

The Quality of School Life Scale (QSL) measures the extent to which students have positive attitudes toward school. Subscore(s): Satisfaction with school, Commitment to classwork, Reactions to teachers Note: The overview provided for this instrument includes content that may have been sourced from…

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Authoritative School Climate Survey

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Bullying, Student engagement, School climate and culture

The purpose of the Authoritative School Climate Survey (ASCS) is to assess school climate and bullying in school settings and help guide school improvement efforts. The ASCS is derived from the School Climate Bullying Survey (SCBS) and contains many of the same items and scales. The survey was…

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OECD Survey on Social and Emotional Skills - Principals

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging

The Study on Social and Emotional Skills aims to assess the social and emotional skills of students at multiple international locations, and to examine the factors in students’ home, school and community environments that promote or hinder development of these skills. https://www.oecd.org/en/about…

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2022 NYC School Survey: Families

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging

Every year, NYC Public Schools asks all families, teachers, and staff of grades 3-K through 12, and students in grades 6-12 to take the NYC School Survey. The survey gives school leaders a better understanding of what members of their school community think about their school. The information…

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2022 NYC School Survey: Students

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging

Every year, NYC Public Schools asks all families, teachers, and staff of grades 3-K through 12, and students in grades 6-12 to take the NYC School Survey. The survey gives school leaders a better understanding of what members of their school community think about their school. The information…

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Indicators of Individual Growth and Development for Infants and Toddlers (IGDI)

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Early childhood education, Child development

Indicators of Individual Growth and Development for Infants and Toddlers (IGDI) measure development outcomes for children between 6 and 42 months. IGDI assessments are evaluations of 6-minute play sessions with the child and require the use of a set of toys in addition to administration materials…

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Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging, School climate and culture

Dimensions (Subtests of the OCDQ-RE): Supportive principal behavior reflects a basic concern for teachers. The principal listens and is open to teacher suggestions. Praise is given genuinely and frequently, and criticism is handled constructively. The competence of the faculty is respected, and the…

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Panorama School Climate Survey

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging, School climate and culture

Student: Skills and Competencies includes items on Social Awareness. How well students consider the perspectives of others and empathize with them. Student: Supports and Environment includes items on Diversity and Inclusion.  How diverse, integrated, and fair school is for students from…

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School Climate Assessment

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging, School climate and culture

This School Climate Assessment has been designed for both informal and formal school safety assessments for K–5 educators and administrators. This tool is based on the main categories that were measured in an evaluation of a multi-state pilot of Welcoming Schools. Note: The overview provided for…

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2022 NYC School Survey: Teachers

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging

Every year, NYC Public Schools asks all families, teachers, and staff of grades 3-K through 12, and students in grades 6-12 to take the NYC School Survey. The survey gives school leaders a better understanding of what members of their school community think about their school. The information…

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Panorama Teacher and Staff Survey

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging

The Panorama Teacher and Staff Survey gathers teacher and staff perceptions of their professional well-being; capacity and efficacy around supporting academic, social, and emotional learning; professional learning opportunities; cultural competency and awareness; school climate and culture; and…

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California School Climate and Safety Survey- Short Form (CSCC-SF)

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging, School climate and culture

The California School Climate and Safety Survey-Short Form is a self-student reported questionnaire created to assist the state of California in monitoring the creation of safe schools as required by the 2001 federal law, No Child Left Behind. It measures overall school climate and personal-safety…

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Arizona Youth Risk Behavior System (YRBS) and S3 School Climate Survey

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging, School climate and culture

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is a school-based health survey in Arizona and the United States administered by the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) in a sample selection of Arizona high schools. Survey results are used by school districts, communities, organizations, policy…

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School Climate Inventory - Revised (SCI-R)

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging, School climate and culture

The School Climate Inventory-Revised (SCI-R) was originally developed to determine the effect of school reform efforts. Dean Butler and Martha Alberg (Butler & Alberg, 1991) developed SCI-R for the Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP) at the University of Memphis. It was published…

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Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation (SCBE-30)

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Early childhood education, Student discipline, Social and emotional learning

The Social Competence and Behavioral Evaluation - 30 (SCBE-30) is a short version of an 80 item Likert measure for parents and teachers to assess  social-emotional competence, internalizing behaviors, and externalizing behaviors in preschool children. It was formerly sold by WPS Publishing but…

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Psychological Wellbeing Scale

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Social and emotional learning

The Psychological Wellbeing Scale (PWB) is comprised of several subscales (self acceptance, positive relationships with others, autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life, and personal growth) that measures six aspects of wellbeing and happiness. Individuals respond to the 42 items within…

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School Climate and Connectedness Survey (SCCS)

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging, School climate and culture

Thousands of Alaska students, staff and families take the School Climate and Connectedness Survey (SCCS) each year to transform school climate and strengthen relationships, factors linked to academic outcomes.  AASB’s School Climate & Connectedness Survey is a voluntary statewide survey…

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Penn Interactive Preschool Play Scales

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Early childhood education

Play Interaction is an indication of children’s play strengths and includes such behaviors as comforting and helping other children, showing creativity in play, and encouraging others to join play. Play Disruption describes aggressive, antisocial behaviors that interfere with on-going peer play…

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Playground Observation of Peer Engagement (POPE)

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Early childhood education, Social and emotional learning, Student engagement

The Playground Observation of Peer Engagement (POPE) is an observation-based instrument measuring children‘s engagement in activities and with peers in naturalistic environments. It focuses on the time children spend in various engagement states and the frequency of their social engagement states…

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Ethnic Identity Scale-Brief (EIS-B)

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Higher education, Race, ethnicity, and education

The Ethnic Identity Scale assesses three distinct components of ethnic-racial identity: (a) exploration, or the degree to which individuals have explored their ethnicity; (b) resolution, or the degree to which they have resolved what their ethnic identity means to them; and (c) affirmation, or the…

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Creative Self-efficacy Scale (CSE)

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Social and emotional learning

The Creative Self-Efficacy Scale (CSE) is a self-report measure of creative self-efficacy in middle and high school aged students. The 3 items contained within the CSE are answered on a five-point Likert scale.

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Berkeley Puppet Interview (BPI)

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Belonging, School climate and culture, Motivation

The Berkeley Puppet Interview (BPI) uses puppets to conduct structured and clinical interviews that assess children's perceptions of themselves, their families, and their school environments. Subscore(s): There are six subscores: Academic competence, Achievement motivation, Social competence, Peer…

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Devereux Early Child Assessment (DECA) for Infants and Toddlers

Topics: Student Well-Being

Tags: Early childhood education

This comprehensive kit contains resources to support the development of infants’ and toddlers’ social and emotional health. The screening and assessment tool focuses on identifying key social and emotional strengths and the planning resources provide caregivers and parents with research-based…

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